(Jim Mischel) At its core, multiplication is simply repeated addition. Multiplying 2 by 3, for example, is the same as adding 2+2+2, or 3+3. So the simplest multiply operator we could write is:
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APAR Friday: Something old, something new…
(Willie Favero) something borrow, something blue… No, today’s APAR post has nothing to do with weddings… in fact, it has nothing to do with borrowing either. However, I have an “old” APAR, a “really new” APAR, and of course, they are all “Blue”…. see how well this stuff all fits together w
.NET Tip: Creating a Thread-Safe Singleton
(Susan Moore) A singleton is used to ensure that there is only one instance of a class created. A singleton also provides the single point of access to that one instance of the class. Singletons can be used for a wide range of reasons, from a better means of managing global variables to creating abs
C++ Application failed to start after Visual Studio upgrade
Your VC++ application may not launch on target machines due to a missing Microsoft DLL dependency.
First Chance Exception and XamlParseException
(Ged Mead) I suspect that most of us have become so used to seeing the message that reads:- ” A first chance exception of type ‘System.ApplicationException’ occurred in WindowsApplication1.exe ” that it hardly hits our conscious thoughts any more.
Employ Metadata to Enhance Search Filters
(James Leigh) Easily customizable and configurable software is becoming increasingly important, and a flexible interface for searching is one way in which software is becoming more configurable. The key to achieving flexibility is through using metadata. This discussion will take a look at how you c
Add automatic content classification to your IBM FileNet P8
(Xiaomei Wang and Shirley Braley) Concerned about records compliance and legal discovery effectiveness? Challenged by maintaining consistent and reliable access to content items in various repositories? IBM Classification Module Version 8.5 can help you to address these issues. This new IBM Enterpri
Oracle Spatial Centroid Shootout
(Simon Greener) I get a lot of requests for help with the centroid function in my PL/SQL packages. It seems to be a universal need people have that is not met by Oracle Locator/Spatial. So I thought I would write a little article on the different centroid functions that are available in Oracle and c
24 Hours with an SSD and MySQL
(Kevin Burton) I’ve now had about 24 hours to play with the Mtron SSDs and had some time to benchmark them.
RANK, DENSE_RANK and ROW_NUMBER
(Kubilay) I wrote this test to better understand the use of RANK, DENSE_RANK and ROW_NUMBER Oracle analytic functions and Top-N querying.